Digital Map Ditamapa Charts Brazil's Dictatorship-Era Street Names

The Ditamapa project, developed by Giselle Beiguelman and Andrey Koens for Aura – Festival de Arte Digital, explores the streets and structures named after presidents from Brazil's military dictatorship from 1964 to 1985, including figures like Humberto Castelo Branco and Ernesto Geisel. Users can navigate an initial segment that maps these locations throughout Brazil, with clickable elements offering views via Google Street View. The second section, Postais do Atraso, features images of neglected areas that reveal social and economic inequalities, reflecting on the so-called 'Brazilian miracle.' So far, 174 public sites have been recorded, and an interactive graph in the Ditaviz section details their locations and connections to each president. The project is still evolving and invites further input, as it hasn't yet covered all dictatorship-related sites, which need careful exploration.